Improper access control in the Helpdesk App of Odoo Enterprise 10.0 through 12.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to obtain elevated p…

published 2019-04-09 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7511

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.8%; EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper access control in the Helpdesk App of Odoo Enterprise 10.0 through 12.0 allows remote authenticated attackers to obtain elevated privileges via a crafted request.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/32514 advisory

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Exploit prediction

7.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Odoo Odoo Enterprise

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

github.com /odoo/odoo/issues/32514
patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15640
NVD CVE-2018-15640

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